Renata wrote:

And we need to give ourselves time to learn what our body needs, where we can enjoy something extra and how to enjoy our food too. We don't want to spend the rest of our lives on a permanent diet, but want to change to a healthier way of eating, so that this feels normal, habitual, fun and satisfying. Treats must be enjoyed, not agonized over!

I'm totally in awe of you, Lorchen! You're a true 'vorbild'!

You are so right, Lotti. I loose a few pounds and then nothing much happens for several weeks. It's like my body adjusts to the new weight, and then it has another go. I have plotted my 'road to a gorgeous, almost slimline Lorchen' on a graph, and the overall tendency is down, but ever so often there is a straight horizontal bit before it goes down again.

Rosemary, give yourself time, and enjoy life (and fencing).

Rosemary, the maintaining is Key!
We 'assisted' in a blood pressure study a few years ago, when they wanted to prove the benefit of weight loss to blood pressure, and we were working with a professor from university hospital in Zurich. He spends half the year in various Famine affected countries trying to help and feed up the malnourished. The other half of the year he's at the university hospital in Zurich telling the obese how to loose weight (which pays for his 'freebee' excursions for doctors without borders)... He impressed on us how important it is to have an extended term of maintaining the weight once you have lost an initial amount, I.e. loose 5-10 kg, then maintain this weight for 3 to 6 months before tackling the next lot. Fat cells have a memory and they want to keep the same amount of 'reserves' as they remember. So as the fat cells die off and new ones grow (in simplified terms), the new ones only have the 'memory' of the 'now stage'... I.e. they don't want to go back to the old weightier status. He said that if one goes downhill too long in one go, it's just picking up speed to make it up the hill on the other side... (the yo-yo effect) and because one picked up so much speed, one goes higher... When go outside from an upper level we don't jump out the window, but walk sown the stairs one step at a time ( possibly skipping two once in a while) So: be happy you got the maintaining solved, give yourself time and tackle the next step...

Michelle, do you own shares in a rotary cutter company?? Great picture!

twiglet wrote: Still stuck at 9 stone 10lbs(ish) last week I saw 9st 8 for a day, but I am waiting for the magic day I hit 9st 7 when I will be a full 2st off. (and if I didn't keep having hiccups of pudding at bbq's or DH's birthday or snacking on dark chocolate I might have got there by now - still at least I have got maintaining sorted out )

Woolverine that is an awesome handful you've got there.

As for RDA of vit D I have heard that RDA really stands for 'Randomly Decided Amount' and that it is the bare minimum that people should be taking. Still it has been great this week we've had 4 days of bright sunshine - lots of natural vit D to soak up and don't forget to enjoy it with proper butter or cream ...

Margo, I accept your quote from THE RULES, but how about this: If you post a picture here, showing you and your rotary cutter
Does your hands really show YOU? Maybe this is off topic

All entries are terrific. I bet Lorchen has a fun time with her thinking cap on.

This thread is terrific! I like all the new additions. Rosemary's fencing and "Wool-verine" had me laughing uncontrollably!

Michelle now you have to demonstrate using them all at once

I just had to play along!!

I feel like Edwardia Scissorhands or Wool-verine with all these rotary cutters coming out of my hand!

I AM QUILTER, I AM INVINCIBLE!!

Lorchen wrote:
Me, forget the single malt?
NEVERRRRRRRRR!

Now then Marilyn how can we compete with three :shock: :shock:

Looking good Rosemary how much have you lost now